a violent start to the day in prince georges county. police are now on the scene of a shooting and stabbing on the 23rd 00 block of marlow heights. megan is there with more information. good morning. police confirmed this argument started inside the family restaurant on dallas drive. some kind of an argument among a group of people there. one person was shot, two people were cut. then everything spilled out into the parking lot of this strip mall nearly a 7-eleven here. now, we're told that the injuries are not life threatening, that everyone is going to survive. police have made two arrests in this case. no word on what the fight was about, how it started. two arrests have been made. everyone who was involved in this incident have been accounted for.

there are two people being treated at a hoept. one was treated here at the scene. megan mcgrath live there in prince georges county. thanks for that update, megan. more breaking news, we now know who won the nobel peace price this year. the winners are ellen johnson-sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakkul karman they were honored for their fights for women's rights and safety. >> amazing work that they do. congratulations to them. and good morning to you. >> this friday, it is the 7th day of october. taking another live look outside, we have clear skies, 54 degrees. nice, comfortable fall-like temperatures out there heading into a perfect fall weekend. right? >> perfect. and the hardest part of this

forecast will be figuring out what to do. work, pleasure, work, pleasure. >> that's not that hard. >> not for the weekend. >> it's been so lousy outside, a lot of work stuff has gone by the wayside. >> you mean work, outside work. >> yeah, outside work. >> for a lot of folks, that's pleasure. >> we've got 53 degrees. as we said, it is a cool morning out there. big swings in temperatures from the 50s to the 70s we're going to go today. we take a look at the area right now, landover and mitchellville. it's chilly at 45 degrees. in fairfax county right now, your temperature, 46. up north, 40 degrees in columbia, maryland right now. chilly out there as well as mt. airy. ti sun will be up in just about an hour. we'll hit 60 degrees at 9:00 a.m. your high today, 75. we'll take a look at your weekend in just a couple of minutes. danella.

good news if you're taking the ramp from eastbound 42, 935 looks to be reopened. i'll show you, this is where we have the tow truck. we have a car that is in the grass in this area. but again, you can continue your commute right now if you want to get on eastbound 32. that is a good thing. earlier, it was shut down. on the beltway, have a report of an accident. also, i want to show you congestion. taking 270, you know this road and how it gets around this time of day, heading out of urbana, pretty slow. once you get to clarksburg, the road opens up and so far, no delays. coming out of dell city making your way north, both directions on 95 in virginia, no accidents. and so far, you're still traveling at a good speed. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. right now, u.s. futures are falling ahead of this morning's much anticipated jobs report.

they're doin' more than 20 points. european and asian stocks both rose overnight. this comes after the european central bank announced aggressive liquidity measures to help send off a financial crisis. this morning, we'll have a better idea of how the economy is doing when the september jobs report is released. economists say they expect the report will likely show a fifth straight month of slight or no job creation. the survey says employers created a net 55,000 new jobs last month. the report will be released at 8:30 this morning. president obama is pushing his jobs bill. the president told the press that the demonstrations give a voice to broader frustrations sweeping the country over how the financial system has become. he says the proposal is to tax the most wealthy americans. as critics say the president is not focused on jobs any more. >> mr. president, why have you given up on the country and

decided to campaign full time instead of doing what the american people sent us all here to do? proposing a partisan tax hike 13 months before an election won't create one single job. >> the senate plans to vote on a revised version of the president's $450 billion plan next week. that includes a surcharge on millionaires. the longest war in u.s. history has reached a new milestone ten years ago today. american forces began their assault on the taliban in afghanistan. about 98,000 u.s. troops remain in the country today. the war's former top commander retired army general mcchrystal says the war has dragged on because the u.s. military had a quote detroiteningly simplistic understanding of afghanistan and its culture when it invaded. 6:05 now. a virginia found a virginia woman guilty for killing her 2-year-old granddaughter. carmella de-larosa was charged with murder. last november, she threw her

granddaughter off a sky walk at tyson's corner square mall. prosecutors say this was a calculated incident wheel her defense team tried to argue she was mentally ill. >> there are no winners in a case like this. there's no joy. i'm not happy. i'm sad. >> i'm a criminal defense lawyer. i respect the jury process, although idy agrees with their verdict. 35 years is an odd number. i thought they would do one extreme or the other, but that's what they chose. >> the judge will sentence delarosa on november 26th. he can reduce the sentence, but cannot add more years to it. mike leggitt says his county needs more than three times the money it's been allotted in order to pay for construction projects. the county received $2.8 million to start improvements to rockville pike and the streets around the new walter reed

memorial center. the county needs $14 million more to pay for the improvement and even that may not be enough, he says. most of the money will get to road improvements to try to improve the traffic flow. metro riders should expect major delays over this holiday weekend. shaw, u-street and columbia heights for track work. stations were shut down at 10:00 tonight and they'll open on tuesday morning after the holidays. shuttle buses will operate between mt. vernon square and the georgia avenue station. crews will be working on the dulles rail stens extension project. those two stations will shut down at 10:00 tonight and they'll reopen on monday morning. 6:07 now, 54 degrees. no one likes going to the dmv. the reason for why you can put off that trip this weekend. and an awards winning film director who wants to cast first lady michelle obama in a new

movie. >> veronica johnson will let you know if this crazy nice l will last through the weekend.

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we'll pick a winner at 6:00 and make the announcement at 11:00 p.m. >> good gift. >> that is something worth living. 54 degrees, we're heading for a tlietful weekend, veronica says. >> absolutely. we're about an hour away from sunrise here. we have a lot of sunshine today, crazy, nice weekend coming our way with some very warm temperatures. 53 is the current temperature right in d.c. benning and barry farms at 53. 46 in prince georges county. alexandria, 54 degrees. your day planner forecast to get you start, it should move to 60 degrees by around 9:00 a.m. we're going to warm very rapidly today. by lunchtime, 12:00 will be around 70 degrees. again, hardly any clouds today.

a nice, pretty blue sky. your high, 76 degrees and into the low 70s by 5:00. >> sounds good, veronica. on the road, still seeing a report of an accident, outer loop on the beltway at 50. now, congestion increasing just a bit on i-95. here is the scene. as you head towards 395, not seeing any problems on 395. in fact, 395 is clear from edsel on the bridge. in both directions, i'm knoll seeing anything slow you down just yet. this one is on the front of east line of the marc train. metro, erie, both running on and close to schedule. now back to you both. >> danella, thanks so you both. the white house tradition taking place today 25 years overdue. and the new twist in the case of a missing baby.

welcome back. it's 6:14. the parents of a missing baby in missouri are preparing to talk this morning after police say the two are not cooperating in the investigation. we've been cooperating from day one and we continue to assist the police with the investigation. the main goal has always been to find lisa and bring her home. a family member read that written statement last night from deborah bradley and jeremy irwin shortly after kansas city police say the two had stopped talking with detectives. police say they're shutting down their command post near the family's home. the couple claims someone snatched the 10-month-old lisa irwin from her home. amanda knox is erroredly being flooded with hate mail and threats following her acquittal. the 24-year-old washington student and her family left italy immediately after an appeals court threw out the conviction in the stabbing death of her roommate, meredith

kercher. her family says they've received some calls threatening to her her, but would not go into any details. knox is reportedly in hiding with her mother and other family members outside of seattle. a father's quick thinking is being credited for saving his daughter. his car's engine caught fire and he jumped into action, pulling his daughter out before the fire spread. firefighters were able to quickly put out the fire, but the fire was destroyed. drivers in virginia won't be able to get or renew licenses for a few days. the state dmv says it cannot issue them this weekend because the social security administration is doing maintenance to the system. 6:16 is the time. today, the d.c. council will examine the district grass cutting contracts after two

editorials this week question why grey's administration took a bid that was more expensive. the grey administration says it was trying to promote local businesses. two contracts were awarded. the hearing is intended to clarify how those contracts were awarded. and we have a traffic alert for drivers in the district. you'll notice major clajs this weekend. vdot is about to open a new flyover ramp that will cave 295 southbound traffic over a new interchange being built for the 11th street bridge. southbound lanes will be shifted to the new flyover ramp gradually between midnight tonight and tomorrow afternoon. to do that, crews will close exit ramps from pennsylvania avenue and the outbound 11th street bridge to southbound 295 beginning at 10:00 tonight. there will be 20-minute stoppages in traffic tonight between midnight tonight and 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. it is now 6:17.

prince harry will arrive in the u.s. next week to begin a two-month military training course. the prince will take a helicopter training class to prepare him for combat. he'll fly apache helicopters in the california desert. the training ends at an air force station in arizona where he'll learn to fire missiles, rockets and cannons from the chopper. prince harry will be one of 20 students taking the course. this class is the final phase of a 16-month training british army pilots undergo to prepare for deployment. muggels have been waiting years to do it. harry potter's studio tour will begin next week. tans can recapture the movie by going on tour of the sets. it features a three-hour tour in england. tickets go on sale thursday but fans won't be able to take the set tours until next spring.

i bet you those tickets sell out fast. >> and i guess the tickets don't include airfare. >> i bet you they don't. >> probably not. >> i think a lot of poem like to relive that by reading the books again, too. legendary director woody allen has worked with some of the greatest actresses, of course. now he's working for another big name. >> he is working on casting first lady michelle obama. he said he is working on writing the perfect role for her and wouldn't hesitate asking the first lady. this isn't the first time he's sported the wife of a president. ♪ we're doing the super bowl shuffle ♪ >> unfortunately, carla bruni was not seen in this void heo, but the 1985 chicago bears were and they're finally getting their white house visit. today bears fan president obama will welcome the 1985 super bowl champs. two day after their win in super

bowl xx, the space shulg "challenger" exploded so that white house trip never occurred, but it will today. >> i remember that. >> do you remember that? >> i remember that. your parents told you about that. exactly, wink, wink. after a disappointing exit in last year's playoffs, the cats are ready to start fresh. >> it's been a couple of years like that. washington hits the ice tomorrow night for its season opener. the cats face off against the chile hurricane. it hopes to repeat their regular season success and good even further in the postseason. last year, they defeated the new york rangers in the first round of the playoffs, got booted out of the second round by the tampa bay lightning. >> springs eternal. we'll talk about fall.

>> right. and it's going to be some perfect fall weather coming up. as a matter of fact, we're right in the middle of this long, dry, sunny stretch around the area. we've wanted this for a while. i'm not sure this has been a good deal, though, guys. we've had weeks of the clouds and rain and kind of lousy weather for august and september for just a couple of days of dry. but hey, at least it's for the weekend. 358 degrees with a calm wind, temperatures 53 degrees. most neighborhoods this morning in the mid 40s. we're going to warm rapidly today. by lunchtime, we'll see a temperature in the upper 60s. all thanks to this area of high pressure. so more sunshine for the area and a rather calm, a rather light wind, even during the overnight tonight. so more clear skies for us and more sunshine coming to the area. that same area of high pressure will be sinking down to the south. as it does, it will allow a persistent wind around georgia and a low pressure system to develop and make its way northward into the mid-atlantic. that could mean a lot of rain around here starting wednesday

of next week. enjoy the weather. i'm sure you will. 70 to 75 today. fantastic year for this friday. for the evening, it will be cooling off. into the upper 60s. in your four-day forecast, no rain chances until we get on the other side of columbus day. but a nice, toasty weekend around 80 degrees. danella. >> good morning. taking the beltway outer loop, starting to slow down just a bit. you can see the lanes are packed, a lot of headlights and a lot of crowding. travel times in that area from i-95 to i-270. it will take you 14 minutes to travel 39 miles per hour. and 95 in virginia. i'm watching this road for you and i've seen these cars. as they travel north, they have been hitting the brakes in this area and coming to a complete stop. right now, it doesn't look so bad. expect delays as you make your way to 395 now on the rails. metro and vre look good. two delays. just five minutes. another five-minute delay, cam

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idea. at least that's the message from a government panel. the services task force says it does more harm than good. the recommendation is not a surprise to cancer specialist who called the psa test ineffective and say a better one is needed. it's now 54 degrees at 6:27. the three women who are now nobel peace prize winners. and how long demonstrators will occupy downtown d.c. and how the protests will add congestion to a popular festival. >> we are that you have to a cool start. meteorologist veronica johnson will let you know how long the sunny weather will last. the weather and t ♪

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right now, it's 6:30. protesters are camped out in downtown d.c. examine even more are expected to join them today. how long they're expected to make their presence felt down there. good morning. welcome back to news 4 today. >> it's friday, october 7th, 2011. we're going to take a live look outside right now. it's 6:30. wow, 54 degrees and the weather

is real. finally, something to celebrate. >> we just painted that on for you. didn't we do a good job? >> it's the butter on my imaginary pancake. >> there you go. now you're going to make us hungry. a lot of folks are going to be a little twitchy at work today because of the nice weather. how many more hours do i have to go? no, really, how many more hours do i have to go? >> not that many. >> right. not too many. we're in the 50s right now right inside the beltway. boy, is it pretty out? my gosh. mid 40s in some of the outlying neighborhoods, montgomery county. we're at 44 degrees, dulles and sterling, 46 degrees right now. we're going to warm very quickly today with all the sunshine and a nice wind, too, coming our way out of the south. close to 60s by 9:00 a.m. today. noon time, 70, the high, 75.

going for warmer temperatures this weekend. >> veronica, that sounds really good. if you're taking the outer loop of the beltway, starting to see the red as you make your way past georgia avenue. you see those taillights are bumper to bumper. pretty much a slow commute as you make your way. still jammed out of urbana as you make your way towards clarksburg. it's not so bad, but volume is increasing as you make your way towards the spurr. traveling 66 east, these taillights, that's the travel making their way towards nuttily and heading inside the beltway. your delays start on route 50 traveling i-66 east as you head inside the beltway. joe, we have a slight delay on the east train number 92. your delay is nine minutes. >> danella, thanks very much. we now know who won the nobel peace prize this year. the committee honor three people

fighting to attain equal rights worldwide. the winners are -- ellen johnson-sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakkul karman. they were honored for their, quote, nonviolent struggle for safety of women and for peace building work. president obama is using the nationwide protests against wall street to re-ignite a push for his jobs bill. the president told the press the demonstrations give a void to broader frustrations sweeping the country and a lack of jobs. he said his proposal to tax the most wealthy americans in even the playing field, but republicans say the president has started campaigning full time. and that a tax hike on the wealthy will not create a single job. the senate hopes to vote on a revised version of the president's $450 billion plan next yeek and that includes a surcharge on millionaires. that frustration the president spoke of has made its

way to the district through hundreds of protesters. this morning, they are camped out at freedom plaza, preparing for the second day of demonstrations and more are expected to join them. melissa joins us live from freedom square with more. >> good morning. you can take a look here behind me. hundreds of people camped out overnight. some of them have been here for a couple of days now. they plan to be here until sunday, but they are getting ready for today's events. joining me right now is the organizer of 2011. this is margaret flours. wh what is your greatest hope? you guys have been working on this for a long time. what's your greatest hope for today? >> our greatest hope is that this is the beginning of something that's an independent transformational nonviolent movement in this country to really start changing the way things are done here so that we start meeting our human needs

and that we get rid of the corporate control of our political process. >> tell me about yesterday. 3,000 people? >> at least 3,000 people. the plaza was packed. the energy was very high. people were smiling and happy because this was finally happening. some of them were crying because they were so happy that this was happening. >> tell me about some of these protesters. many of them are unemployed, fighting for jobs in this terrible economy. tell me about one specific grandma you say walked from west virginia? >> that's right. her name is carrie tone and she walked 200 miles to get her all by herself. she camped out in that rainey, cold weather. she said what she said put her over the edge was that she had just built a house and she found some cracking close by that is going to make it uninhabitable there. >> thank you very much. we'll be out here throughout the rest of the morning. lots of people out here, really, really passionate about their beliefs. you have to be passionate to stay out here this morning. back to you.

>> melissa, thank you. and the protesters will have some company weekend at the popular street festival returns to d.c. the taste of d.c. is making a come back after an almost eight-year hiatus. but the food festival is setting up right next to the protesters. hundreds of local restaurants along with a beer tent and culinary stage will be set up on pennsylvania avenue and 14th street. that means you can expect major delays in the area. taste of d.c. begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and runs through monday at 6:00. the interior secretary says he will address the controversy surrounding the martin luther king memorial. he and the national parks service will talk about the issue after the memorial's dedication next week. author mya angelo first brought attention to the issue. the original quote was, if you want to say i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for

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and welcome back. it's 6:40 this beautiful sun that we're seeing, at 54 degrees, a chilly start. we are in for some fabulous weather just in time for our weekend. it doesn't get any nicer than that. >> i don't know why those people live in town. this is the wrong weekend to be heading out of here. let's go to veronica johnson. >> that is so true. not since july have we had a weekend. take a look at this eye catching vivid sunrise just for you, beautiful, red orange colors. when the air quality is this good, you get a sunrise like that. spore count, that will be high today. 523 is the current temperature with calm winds. your day planner forecast, about 60 by 9:00 a.m., about 70 by 12:00 today. your high today, 75 degrees.

overnight, we're going to drop to the 60s. we'll take one more look at your seven-day forecast. and the next chance for rain around here, we have to talk about it. >> good morning. if you're traveling on route 424 at route 50, we have an accident and actually a medivac operation happening right now. chopper 4 is on the way there and i'll be back in about ten minutes with an update for you. traveling i-95 north towards route 1, traveling 95 south, not so bad. here is a look right now, 95 north at fairfax county parkway, definitely getting busy. i can tell you right now, 395. you are continuing your commute there. start to go crawl around edsel and as you mac your way towards duke street. >> thank you. breaking news, we're live on the scene of a shooting and stabbing at a strip mall in prince georges county. and valentine joe biden's

good morning. welcome back. we have breaking news out of prince georges county. police are on the scene of a shooting and stabbing that left three people injuries. this happened in the 2300 block ott dallas drive and marlow heights. good morning, megan. >> good morning, joe. it looks like this investigation is starting to wind down here. if you take a look behind me, you can see that most of the police officers have left the scene. they've driven away in the last few minutes. those who remains here are inside the family restaurant and that's where this argument and the violence broke out early this morning. according to police, there was some kind of an altercation inside the restaurant. and weapons were pulled. one person was shot, two people were slashed. then it spilled out into the parking lot that the restaurant shares with a 7-eleven here on dallas drive. what we're being told by police is they're not sure exactly what the argument was about, but that

police say all the people involved have been accounted for. and is, again, we had one person who was shot, two people who were cut. now everyone is spicketed to survive. two were hospitalized. one was treated here on the scene and police have made two arrests in this incident. so they are not looking for any suspects. they believe, again, that everyone involved has been accounted for. they're still trying to put together exactly what happened and why. now, in terms of when the shopping center will reopen, we're not quite sure. the whole area is still cordened off. they're starting to wright things up here. we're seeing a big movement, a lot of the officers leaving and going back to regular duties. >> megan mcgrath reporting live, thanks very much. police believe the man who attacked two women near the metro station struck a third time. all three women were attacked going to or leaving the metro station. police say this attack happened back on september 19th near a

7-eleven on silver hill road. the suspect grabbed a woman and forced her inside the store to withdraw cash for him. instead, she called police and he ran off. police are warning women to be very careful when traveling around the station to call 911 if you see anything suspicious. decision 2012 coverage now, republican presidential candidate herman cain will spend time today in northern virginia. cain will appear at a book signing. the former ceo of godfather's pizza won his second straw poll over the weekend. also today, house speaker john boehner will speak at the values voters summit here in the district. the summit is an annual event from conservative voters. mitt romney, rick perry, herman cain, ron paul and newt beginning rush. vice president joe biden says the republican party is

strong enough to beat president obama in the to 12 election. biden says, quote, a significant number of people think the american economy is not moving in the right direction. that is never a good place to be going into re-election, whether it's your fault or not your fault. it almost sometimes is irrelevant. jobs and the economy will weigh heavily on the election this morning. the oh bam in administration is anxiously awaiting the release of the september jobs report. brian shactman joins us live with what the report is expected to reveal. brian, good morning. >> good morning. basically we're told that they didn't add many jobs last month in the u.s. after literally adding zero jobs in the month of august. the forecast called for payrolls to rise by 60,000, but much of that reflects the return of 40,000 verizon workers who went on strike at the end of august. unemployment is seen holding steady. the 30-year mortgage has jumped

below 4% for the first time ever. it may be a good opportunity to save thousands of dollars a year by refinancing. freddie mac says the average rate of a 30 year fixed loan is 3.94% down from last week. the rate of a 15-year fixed is at 2.6%, also a record low. the passing of steve jobs this week has led to an upswing in sales of a lot of things tied to the apple co-founder is his own auto biography, went from 424 to number one on am zone yet and it's not coming out for another two weeks. tmz reporting st. croix, the retailer that made jobs' favorite shirt saw sales jump more than 100%. so a lot of items still out there on the news a day after we digested the news. back to you. >> we're expecting all the anchormen to put on those black turtlenecks, so you're next, brian. i don't think so.

>> all right. have a great weekend. >> you, too. >> apple is now taking preorders of the new iphone 4 as deliveries is scheduled for the 14th of this month. a new 4s is available on the website. we checked and there is no problem getting the order placed. metro will close three stations along the green and yellow lines. shaw and u street and columbia heights for track work. the stations will shut down at 10:00 tonight. they'll open again on tuesday morning. shuttle buses will operate between the mt. vernon square and the georgia avenue stations. now on the orange line, buses will replace lines between the east falls church and west falls church station. those two stations will shut down at 10:00 tonight. they'll reopen on monday morning. >> all right. 6:51. time for weath and traffic on the 1s. meteorologist veronica johnson putting a smile on our face today. >> good recess day today. now, if only adults could have

recess, right? >> wouldn't that be nice? >> we need it. we'll just walk out, see ya later. >>y it in the suggestion box. >> play dodge ball. >> let's take a look outside. that real pretty glow and vun rise coming to us. sun officially up at 7:09. 53 degrees, the temperature. a very light wind across the area. you can see it's a little on the chilly side here this morning, though. you're going to need a jacket and then again, your sunglasses for the afternoon. as we get more high pressure coming across the area, with more sunshine today, that high pressure will start drifting to the east and then by the end of the weekend, we'll have a southwest wind. we'll see temperatures really warm. in fact, there will be a lot of areas through the shennendoah valley. a lot of harvests going on. it will be warm even in the mountains this upcoming weekend. but sunshine even through monday on columbus day. that same area of high pressure makes its way down to the south and we're going to see an area of low pressure develop right off the coast of florida.

it will be bringing a lot of rain to the north and to the mid atlantic states by the time we get to wednesday of next week. so here is a look at your forecast. friday, today, 74. close to 80 degrees both saturday and sunday. it's definitely going to be warm. nice and toasty. even monday still is looking dry with a high of 81 degrees. right now, rain comes into the area wednesday and make it more than two inches out of this system. so don't waste the weekend. you know how it is when you get to monday and you're like, gee, i wish i would have, i should have. danella. >> good morning. breaking news out of anarundall county. right now, chopper 4 is live over route 424. we have an accident here and both of the lanes are blocked. the accident is involving a motorcycle. and, again, if you're trying route 424 in both directions, you are closed just south of route 50. now, congestion on the outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county, very big. in fact, new hampshire avenue,

these cars were at a complete stop and travel times for you right now, you're traveling roughly at about 27 miles per hour in it will take you 21 minutes making your way from i-95 to i-270. taking 395 north at duke, delays are starting already. those lanes are full as you make your way towards the 14th street bridge. crossing the bridge, not so bad. but, again, congestion is building. back to you. >> thanks so much. 6:54 now. hundreds of protesters have streemd to the district to take part in protests inspired by the now three-week long protests in new york. and this morning, they are camped out at freedom plaza preparing for the second day of demonstrations. melissa joins us live from freedom plaza with more of these protests. good morning. >> good morning. hundreds of people sleeping here overnight. they have signs like this one. take a look around me, though. some of these folks have been up all night and don't plan to go

to sleep anytime soon. a lot of these protesters along freedom plaza were resting in their bags and their tents. others, though, like i mentioned, ready and awake for this big day's event. take a look at this video from yesterday. 3,000 protesters walked along kay street. they paraded past the white house and chamber of commerce. they say they have lost faith in the country's political system. they worry about corporate greed and the growing disparity between the rich and the poor here. one more protest is scheduled for noon today. they have permits that allow them to stay here at freedom plaza. another group over at mcpherson square, they can stay until sunday. some say they absolutely man to do that. melissa live on freedom plaza for us, thank you. here are the morning's top stories. three women won the nobel piece prize work for women's rights.

the whippers are -- ellen johnson-sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakkul karman. today marks the strength anniversary of the war in afghanistan. the assault came weeks after the september 11th are a tack. the war's former commander says the fighting has dragged on because the u.s. military has a frighteningly simplistic idea of afghanistan when it invaded. the parents of a missing missouri girl plan to speak out today after they had the couple is not investigating with the investigation. police say the parents have stopped speaking with detectives. the couple says someone snatched 10-month-old lisa irwin out of her crib earlier this week. how about an ipad 2? >> led to the nbc washington page and like us. we'll pick a winner at news 4 at 6:00 and announce the winner during our 11:00 p.m. news cast. be sure to tell your friends

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